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IFORS 2002 The sixteenth triennial conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies, hosted by the UK Operational Research Society 8 - 12 July 2002 The Theme of the conference is OR in a globalised, networked world economy. From: Self <FOB-F1/BLEV> To: Andres Weintraub Subject: IFORS2002 Cc: Peter Bell, Bob Abrams, and Graham Rand Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 15:34:28 EST5EDT Dear Andres, ...You, Peter, Bob and Graham caught be by surprise when we met and it took me several days to realize the challenge in organizing the program for the IFORS 2002. It is a big honor for me to serve in this capacity and I appreciate the trust and confidence you have given in me. For such an international conference to succeed, I will need the help and guidance of many individuals including all of you. I look forward to working with you on this major international event in Operations Research. Best regards and thanks again. Ben PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Chair Ben Lev, USA Members: Suk-Gwon Chang, Korea Goutam Dutta, India John Friend, UK Michel Gendreau, Canada John Hearne, South Africa Phua Kang Hoh, Singapore Robin Keller, USA Jakob Krarup, Denmark Jan-Peter Lechner, Germany Sergio Maturana, Chile Fred Murphy, USA Costas Pappis, Greece John Ranyard, UK Giovanni Rinaldi, Italy Ruhul Sarker, Australia Zilla Sinuany-Stern, Israel Moshe Sniedovich, Australia Cid Carvalho de Souza, Brazil Luis Tavares, Portugal Tim Traynor, Canada Luk Van Wassenhove, France Rupert Weare, UK Yoshiyasu Yamada, Japan XiangSun Zhang, China Program Committee Streams: 44 Streams Stream 1 Stream 2 … Stream 43 Contributed Sessions: 235 Invited, 137 Contributed Session 1 Session 2 … Session 235 Session 236 … Session 372 Abstracts: 1,061 Papers by 1,800 co-authors Paper 1 Paper 2 Paper 3 … Paper 1059 Paper 1060 Paper 1061 IFORS Conferences: City: Year: Oxford, U.K. Aix-en-Provence, France Oslo, Norway Boston, USA Venice, Italy Dublin, Ireland Tokyo/Kyoto, Japan Toronto, Canada Hamburg, Germany Washington, D.C., USA Buenos Aires, Argentina Athens, Greece Lisbon, Portugal Vancouver, Canada Beijing, China Edinburgh, Scotland Hawaii, USA 1957 1960 1963 1966 1969 1972 1975 1978 1981 1984 1987 1990 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 Attendance: 768 922 969 1,150* Country Distribution: Countries United Kingdom United States Japan Italy Canada Portugal Spain Brazil China France Germany The Netherlands Australia South Africa Belgium Greece Korea Norway Chile Taiwan Denmark # of Authors Countries 320 289 89 76 72 68 68 66 63 62 55 46 45 33 32 28 27 27 25 24 22 Israel India Sweden Switzerland Russia Algeria Turkey Finland Poland Iran Austria Mexico Cyprus Czech Republic Croatia (Hrvatska) New Zealand Singapore Iceland Ireland Venezuela Colombia # of Authors 21 19 19 19 18 14 14 13 13 12 11 11 7 7 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 Countries Malaysia Yugoslavia Congo Hungary Lebanon Saudi Arabia Uruguay Zambia Belarus Kuwait Lithuania Luxembourg Malawi Morocco Namibia Northern Ireland Palau Peru Philippines Tunisia US Minor Outlying Islands # of Authors 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Over the last two years IFORS2002 web site had about 40,000 hits I sent 10,000 email (must have received similar amount). I looked at the dictionary for the definition of volunteer work, A person who voluntarily undertakes or expresses a willingness to undertake a service: as a: one who enters into military service voluntarily b (1): one who renders a service or takes part in a transaction while having no legal concern or interest (2): one who receives a conveyance or transfer of property without giving valuable consideration But I would like to suggest a different definition in this context A volunteer is a person who takes time away from his family and spend it on IFORS. HAVE FUN in Edinburgh